Capital Q Smokehouse

Restaurant Description

Welcome to CAPITAL Q SMOKEHOUSE.
The Capital Q Smokehouse, owned and operated by Pitmaster Sean Custer is Albany's favorite BBQ restaurant. Chef Sean, an Okie (one who is from Oklahoma for you New Yorkers) has over 25 years restaurant experience. His culinary training includes Executive Sous Chef at the 3 Star Mark Hotel as well as General Manager of the local Classe Catering.
From his roots and training Chef Sean has found the balance between fine dining, and damn fine BBQ. Housed in the old Meister's Meat Market, Capital Q's kitchen includes a smoker that has literally smoked thousands of pounds of meat over the last 75 years. Specializing in Pulled Pork, Texas Style Beef Brisket and Pork Ribs, there are options for every day of the week. With 4 original sauces and 5 original rubs, each menu item is designed to give the palate a different taste, the patron a different experience.
Served by the piece, plate, pound or bun, Capital Q has a serving just for you. Complimented by a plethora of tasty side dishes, some traditional southern, others just plain delicious, you won't walk away unsatisfied, unless you're a Vegan. Got more mouths to feed than fingers and toes? Capital Q has a full catering menu and the ability to feed the family, the block or the neighborhood.

Fast delivery. I can't tell if I like Capital Q or Dinosaur BBQ better, but one of them is definitely the best BBQ I've ever had.

Chris — 2/17/2011

Order was delivered in time frame specified. Food was hot and delicious. I would definitely order from Capital Q on Mealeo again.

Rachael — 12/30/2010

Quick and delicious!

Summer — 12/21/2010

Quick, easy, and good.

Matthew — 9/29/2010

Quick, easy, and good.

Matthew — 9/29/2010

AMAZING

Conor — 9/17/2010

Great place. Glad it is in my neighborhood.

Travis — 7/9/2010

food was good as always. one problem is that I odered 2 cans of soda but it didnt processthere might be an issue with the program, otherwise great job!

Jennifer — 6/20/2010

Great food! Delivery was prompt.

Michele — 6/12/2010

Everyone was happy with everything! This place is the best.

Kent — 5/28/2010

The staff was very friendly.Order was ready right on time, and it was hot and delicious.

David — 5/8/2010

Best BBQ ANYWHERE...hands down! Perfect for a tummy-filling meal!

Susan — 3/25/2010

The entire order was not completed. Missing coleslaw.

Megan — 9/25/2017

The Q-Ben sandwich was amazing, always good food.

James — 10/1/2013

Delicious food, really fast delivery. Ordered the meal deal and they forgot my soda. The food made up for it, though :)

Carrie-Lynne — 2/9/2013

I ordered the pulled pork sandwich (okay, no cole slaw as advertised but that's fine with me), fried okra, mac and cheese (yum) and the beef jerky (delicious for the 2 bites I had - my dog stole the rest when I wasn't looking, and she seemed to enjoy it).

Kristina — 5/13/2011

Pretty good stuff...

Glenn — 3/4/2011

Delivery was fast and food was delicious, as usual. My only complaint is that the mashed potatoes were not as tasty as they usually are. Hope it's a one-time anomaly. I'll definitely order from Capital Q again.

Rachael — 2/26/2011

Food arrived fast (40 min), hot, and delicious. Great wings! Ribs are enormous and tasty. Chicken nicely brined and smoked. Will no doubt order again.

I'm giving this 3 stars because the food is usually good, but tonight I ordered the Okie Beef Brisket, which was delivered to me without the Okie sauce! I mean, it's in the name! Kinda important. Without it, the brisket was on the dry side.

Alexis — 1/7/2017

The food is always good, but anytime I order from Capital Q, I usually don't receive the sides I've ordered. Tonight I ordered the maple mashed sweet potatoes, received BBQ baked beans.

Joanna — 12/3/2014

I was charged for beef brisket but received pulled pork, was good but paid 13.50 for a plate but received a cheaper item

joy — 8/25/2014

Food was excellent as always. We ordered 2 orders of Cornbread that was not delivered with the rest of the order. When I called, they offered to run it out to us but we had taken the food out of their delivery radius. They then refused to go the extra couple miles from Whitehall rd to Delmar just off Delaware ave. I asked for a refund of the cost of the cornbread but I do not believe they ever processed it.

Jennifer — 6/22/2014

they sent us home with the wrong order. Called our house and said "you guys picked up the wrong order" (more specifically, they GAVE us the wrong order). So hubby had to schlep back to restaurant to get correct food; of course they couldn't take the "wrong" order back so we had four dinners total. And we were really excited to try Capital Q after reading the reviews, but the food? meh.

Rebecca — 5/14/2010

Did not receive full order.

Alex — 2/16/2010

Waited over an hour. Food was meh. The mac and cheese was so over cooked it was like paste. Disgusting. Anything that was supposed to be crispy or toasted was wet and wilted from the takeout containers. The corn bread was stale. Big fail all around.

Jill — 4/14/2017

Used to love this place- hoping we just hit it on an off day! Food was hot and ready on time but meat was swimming in grease and sides were totally unimpressive.

Carrie — 9/15/2015

It took close to an hour when we live right down/up the street and I didnt receive a medium side dish that I paid for. Love this place but tonight's order just wasn't as great.

Casey — 4/15/2015

I've never tasted worse bbq. Dry cornbread, and the ribs almost tasted microwaved. The only good thing was the pulled pork sandwich.

Jason — 7/17/2010

Second time in a row that they only delivered half of my order and then we had to wait for the driver to go back across town to deliver the second half - not sure I'll be ordering again